Hen&#39;s nest



Oct. 24, 1939. w. w. MCCOY HENS NEST Filed NOV. 9, 1937 ATTORNEYS Figure 1 looking in the direction O platform 39 allows access to the counterweight 28 40 4 Similar reference characters indicate, correarried by the plank l5.

sponding parts throughout the several views in Arranged t th pen d 13 of th body In i the drawing. a suspended door 33, being hung at 34 and this Patented Oct. 24, 1939 t I s PATEn'r, tries Haws NEST I William w. McCoy, Chehalis, Wash. v

Application November 9, 1937, Serial No. 173,672

1 Claim. (01. 119 *5o) i t The invention relates to a hens nest and more manner the nest proper M "is swingingly supespecially to an automatic opening and closing D nest o. I 1 Located at the open end 12 of the body I is a The primary object of the invention'is the pro- Vertically Swinging door 20 having fixed thereto at vision of a nestof this character, wherein the itSDOttOm p e ey 2! aecommfldating a p e 5 t tie fi e avoids th use of th t 22s'ecured transversely at the lower portion of the by more than one hen at a, time and in this conopen el1d-|2 and fitted ill the sides H of the body nection avoidseanm'bansm among t hens 1 I0 so that in this manner the door 20 is susceptible ing egg n of vertical swing for opening and closing move- Another object of the invention is the provision ments With p t t0 e open end IQ of said 10 t of a nest of this character, wherein a hen on enody I 0.

tering the nest causes the automatic closing p the Outer face of the door 28 at its ce ter thereof to the exclusion of other hens and when Secured thereto in any Sulteble manner 8 a e hen leaves the nest it can a exit either rib member 23 in which is fitted a transverse pivot direction, there being openings at the front and 24 hajvmg p d $1191 @170 on 91 9 516168 of 15 rear of said. nest, and the entering door at the Ki g 25, 2 3 belng a1810 9 o I e W1 e a pivo moun e ransverse y in a g f g ggi i gs' zg fig g gfigg reduced front end 2:! of the plank i5 so that when the rear of said nest allows a person to remove a the nest proper M 15 Occupled by a hen the door I [STATE hen from the nest when this may be required 20 automatically swings to closing position with 20 e A further object of the invention is the provig i i g' F g boiy I 4 sion of a nest of this character, which is simple in e D an O War y 0 8 Des proper its construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient carries thereon counterwelght 28 which is fective when the nest proper M is unoccupied to m op.emtlon tummmauy strong durable rock the plank E5 in a forward direction and thus and inexpensive to manufacture.

the door 20 becomes automatically open so that a i 2mg other Objects m View the hen can make exit from the body l6 through the vention consists in the features of construction, open end "L I combination and arrangement? of as will 9 Built on the side walls i I interiorly of the body hereinafter t fully f e midst-rated m H] are suitable ledges 29, these being elevated and 30 the accompanyme drawmg, Whlcp (115910595 the have removably supported thereby a shelf or platprfalferred efnbodlmem of the mventloni and form 30, the latter being provided with the openpomted out 111 the a hereulnto appendedings 3| accommodating pins 32 fixed in and rising In the accompanymg dram/mg: from the ledges 29 for retaining the shelf or plat- 1 Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View form against displacement and removably held 35 through the nest Showmg by full hnes one p031 on the ledges 29. When the henenters or leaves tiOn and by pt lines another Position in the the nest proper Id, it can lie or stand on the shelf Workingef Seld tor platform 30 in making an exit or entry from Fi ure 2 s a sectwnal view on the 11116 of and to the body It. The removal of the shelf on Referr to e drawing in detail, the heIlS door through gravity makes contact with a stop nest constituting the present invention comprises 35 fixed in the open end [3 and precludes entry an e c o y W having pp Solid Side through this open end l3 but allows exit therewalls H an pp p n n l2 n I3, r through from within the nest proper M.

' p fi ely. Within the body 0 is e t g At the open end it is a shelf or rest 36 being st nti lly hop r h p n proper b il up carried inwardly and a hen within the body Hi can a rocking plank l5 and adapted for occupancy by tread on this rest 36 when making exit from the 5 a'hen for egg l yin 0 h h n purp body In through the open end is, the latter being This plank I5 is formed with a transverse axle for the particular purpose of allowing a person provided With trunnion ends g g bearto remove the hen from the nest when this is ings I8 fixed to and rising from block-like memrequired. When the door 33 is swung outwardly bers l9 permanently set in the body II] and in this due to an exit from within by a hen through the 55 therein and when the said hen leaves the nest,

it is free to make exit from the body ill in the manner as before stated.

Should it be desired to trap a hen in the nest, the doors exteriorly thereof are manually latched in closed position in any suitable manner. A plurality of nest units constructed as before described are adaptable for stacking one upon the other within an enclosure.

What is claimed is:

A nest of the character described comprising, a body forming an enclosure open at opposite ends, doors swingingly supported for closing said'open ends, one vof the doors being swingable vertically at the lower portion of one open end and the other door swingable vertically at the upper portion of 'open end l3, it automatically gravitates to closing the other open end of said enclosure, a tilting plank arranged within the body, a frame forming the wall of a nest, said wall rising from said plank at one side of the tilting axis thereof and constituting with the plank a nest, trunnions fitted with the plank and constituting the tilting axis thereof, bearings within the 'body at the lowermost portion thereof and accommodating said trunnions,--a counterweight on said plank removed from the frame and at the other side of the tilting axis of said plank, links pivoted to the plank and to the lowermost swung door for the closing of the latter when a hen occupies the nest, the

above the weight and arranged between the nest and the last-mentioned door, a shelf fitting said ings in the shelf for removal of the latter from said ledges and giving access to the counterweight, WILLIAM W. MCCOY. 

